Improvement in reed-organ reeds



UNITED STATES J OSEPII R. PERRY, OF WILKESBARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN REED-ORGAN REEDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. lyl, dated February 4, 1873,

To all whom lit may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. PERRY, of Vilkesbarre, in the county ot' Luzerne and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Reeds for Organs, of which the following' is a description:

My invention relates mainly to the construction of the leed-block, so that it shall prevent the hissing noise occasioned hy thel impeded air at the fastened end. This object I accomplish by cutting the block through about halfway from the end, while the, reed is left the usual length required fora given toile. It re la-tes also to combiningl the reed with this form of block by any way which will produce a permanent fastening. ]t has for its object, also, the moditication of the tone according to the length of said openings through the blocks, and the saving ot' wind in blowing them.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a top view of an organ reed and block, showing the tongue A secured to the block B. The dotted line at 1 2 show the length of opening through the block, which opening I usually make about one-half the length of the reeds; but this may be varied to suit any desired tone. Fig. 2 is a reed and block turned on its edge, showing the cuttingl through at the dotted line 1 2, and the milling out of the block under the reed at c on the top ofthe block, and the milling out at cl on the bottom side. Fig. 3 shows a reed-block turned bottom side up, exposing that portion of the reed seen through the opening; also, the milling away ofthe block around it, d, to allow for a free escape of air. 3 et are the rivets, when the tongue is fastened in that way.

lt can make no material difference whether the reed is fastened on the bottom ortop side ot' the block, as shown in Fioxel, in which the dotted line l 2 indicates the opening, and the milling away of a portion ot' the block on the under side a' a7; nor does it matter whether the reed has an additional strip fastened to the end to run parallel with the face ofthe block, as shown by Fig. 5, which is a` side view of the same, or not.

The. letters and figures refer to similar parts in each figure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 'lhe block B formed with a partial opening less in length than the vibrating portion of the reed-tongue, substantiallyr as described and shown, and combined with the tongue A, as and for the purpose specified.

J. B. PERRY. lVitnesses:

Jos. A. MEARs, SETE Toon. 

